CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trevor Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner, could find himself in the Sprint Cup Series full time in 2014.

The 21-year-old Bayne, who originally was going to run a full Nationwide Series schedule in 2011 but then missed five races because of an illness and then had his 2012 schedule cut short because of a lack of funding, will replace two-time defending Nationwide champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the series this year.

Team owner Jack Roush said he wouldn’t hesitate to move Bayne, who also has driven a partial Cup schedule the last two, to Cup full time in 2014.

“That’s the long-range goal but that’s TBD on how ’13 goes,” Roush said. “When we started Ricky two years ago, we hoped to put Trevor on the same path. Of course he had his health problem the first year and he we had some other challenges with sponsorship last year that limited what we could do.

“When we looked at it from 2011, we hoped to put him in a Cup car in 2014. That’s still a goal but it’s probably not as imperative as making sure he spends enough time in the Nationwide Series to do all the growth and development he can benefit from.”

Bayne, who will run 12 Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing again this season, is trying not to look too far ahead.

“I’d like to (be in Cup) next season,” Bayne said. “I’d have liked to this season, but right now, people are asking about 2014, and I’ve been waiting on 2013 for so long to race (full-time) Nationwide.